Ahrefs vs. Cloudsocial

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ahrefs
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Ahrefs is an SEO tool providers. Ahrefs Site Explorer provides a suite of tools including a component for backlink & on-page SEO analysis, online brand mentions tracking, and domain comparison tool for competitor analysis, etc. They refer to themselves as “the largest index of live backlinks.”
$99
per month
Cloudsocial
Score 8.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
CloudSocial is a cloud-based platform that aims to make managing social media accounts easier and more efficient. With CloudSocial, the user can respond to real-time customer feedback, analyze and monitor trends in customer sentiment, listen carefully for key words and generally find ways to improve the reach of a business via various social media channels. This helps online business owners optimize marketing efforts by being able to respond quickly when issues come up, acting on positive…
$5
per month 1 user
Pricing
AhrefsCloudsocial
Editions & Modules
Lite
$99.00
per month
Standard
$179.00
per month
Advanced
$399.00
per month
Agency
$999.00
per month
Solo
$5
per month 1 user
Teams
$25
per month 5 users
Enterprise
$60
per month 20 users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AhrefsCloudsocial
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
AhrefsCloudsocial
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
Ahrefs
7.8
Ratings
1% above category average
Cloudsocial
-
Ratings
Keyword analysis9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Backlink management8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Page grader5.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Competitive analysis9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Site recommendations5.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Task management7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
Ahrefs
7.5
Ratings
1% below category average
Cloudsocial
-
Ratings
Local SEO8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Social SEO6.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile SEO6.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Global SEO9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
Ahrefs
8.8
Ratings
4% above category average
Cloudsocial
-
Ratings
Multi-domain support9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
AhrefsCloudsocial
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
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-
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.2
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AhrefsCloudsocial
Likelihood to Recommend
It gives the best report to us which helps us to find the opportunity to build backlinks. Another main feature that makes Ahrefs a safe and sound approach to SEO is that it provides information about duplicate content, URLs, redirects along with other errors that can be dangerous to the website.
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Pros
  • Their backlink database is still one of the most up to date we've seen when compared to similar tools.
  • The user interface is very intuitive and easy to learn.
  • They provide you with a lot of great information and the ability to set a date range can really help you narrow things down.
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Cons
  • Ahrefs Site Explorer provides an overview of domain health and the issues that can be fixed, and sometimes the suggested "critical issues" can be an astronomical number and not accurate.
  • For certain features on Ahrefs Site Explorer, there can a more elaborate description/guide on how to utilize the feature.
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Likelihood to Renew
Their index is too vast to ignore when looking at a complete backlink profile. We find links in Ahrefs that do not appear in any other link detection tool. For this reason, it's a must for our agency to use for the foreseeable future. Plus, it's very affordable considering the data you get
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Usability
Ahrefs is very easy to use - you can jump right in and understand most of the assets. Overall, the dashboard snapshots give a very good picture of inbound link activity. For deeper analysis of historical trends, the system can become cumbersome, making it hard to do full work without exporting and reformatting the data.
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Support Rating
Ahrefs has always been responsive when there's been a technical issue with the site. There are usually very little problems, but if there are, they announce it on their social media accounts which keeps its customers informed. Email support is prompt and the customer service people are very helpful, knowledgable and friendly.
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Alternatives Considered
It's competitive with Semrush, Moz and other tools of that same ilk. It's great for serious SEO work - not at the Enterprise level - but at the small business, small agency level. I would not consider it competitive with BrightEdge, Conductor, SEOClarity, etc. - but it IS competitive and on par with the tools that are one level below those big enterprise tools.
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Return on Investment
  • Ahrefs has helped save hours of work because it functions as an all-in-one SEO tool. Before Ahrefs, I would have to switch toolsets multiple times, compile the reports, then organize data. Ahrefs as an all in one helped managed the chaos that having too many tools create.
  • Backlink data is crucial to predicting content success. Ahrefs has provided us with better backlink data, allowing our predictions to be more accurate.
  • Ahrefs has helped us cut away from having another rank tracker subscription. Their rank tracking tool is good enough to not warrant a dedicated rank tracker, helping us save on costs.
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ScreenShots

Ahrefs Screenshots

Screenshot of Analyze backlinks and keywords of any website to find opportunities for your organic traffic growthScreenshot of Check your website for 100+ pre-defined SEO issuesScreenshot of Get relevant keyword ideas supported by accurate SEO metricsScreenshot of Find the most shared and linked-to content on any topicScreenshot of Track your and your competitors' search rankings

Cloudsocial Screenshots

Screenshot of Publish - This interface allows users to post across individual social media profiles/pages or schedule posts by day, week and month on multiple social media channels.Screenshot of Omnibox - From here, users can reply to their audiences' messages, tweets and posts directly through a unified console. All email inbox messages can be quickly responded to from Omnibox. With collaborative workflows and multiple filters including in mention keyword search to focus on the most relevant messages in the inboxScreenshot of Calendar - CloudSocial Calendar is used to get all scheduled posts out at any time and day. Users can browse through upcoming posts in the Daily, weekly and monthly views so see everything clearly.Screenshot of Facebook AdsScreenshot of Sentiment analysis - Provides an algorithm based three-point scale that can be broken down further into a nine-point scale, a tag cloud, a heat map and timeline graph.Screenshot of Analytics - These include all key social media metrics by channel and team performance as well as right down to what each individual is doing.